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The 15th anniversary edition of the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival presents its 2022 Melies selections. The movies running for the Strasbourg Méliès d’argent feature film competition 2022 are: FEFFS Melies d’argent Feature Film Selection 2022 Attachment by Gabriel Bier Gislason (Denmark, 2022) Brian and Charles by Jim Archer (UK, 2022) Family Dinner by Peter…

The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary. For its 40th anniversary, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival returned exceptionally in September with a great edition with many encounters and events. The festival has been held for the first time at Brussels Expo, a large site that accommodated a large audience. Here you…

In September, horror invaded the city of Lisbon, as usual since 2007! MOTELX has hosted the best international films and world premiered emerging Portuguese genre cinema since 2007. Guests of honour such as George A. Rome!ro, Dario Argento, Hideo Nakata, Coffin Joe, Eli Roth, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roger Corman, and Ari Aster have already joined the…

MOTELX Melies d’argent Feature Film Selection 2022 With a major focus on women directors, the Méliès d’argent – Best European Feature competition will host the world premiere of the Iberian co-production “The Open Body” (Spain, Portugal, 2022), by Ángeles Huerta, a folk horror with Portuguese actors Victoria Guerra and José Fidalgo, “Nightsiren” (Slovakia, Czechia, 2022),…

BIFFF Melies d’argent Feature Film Selection 2022 HINTERLAND by Stefan Ruzowitzky (2022, Austria / Luxembourg, Belgium) MEGALOMANIAC by Karim Ouelhaj (2022, Belgium) RUBIKON by Magdalena Lauritsch (2022, Austria) THE FIVE DEVILS by Léa Mysius (2022, France) LA PIETA by Eduardo Casanova (2022, Spain / Argentina) PIGGY by Carlota Pereda (2022, Spain) MOLOCH by Nico van…

On Saturday, the 16th of July, the 18th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion. At the closing ceremony, the following awards were given. HONORARY VICIOUS CAT for outstanding contribution to genre cinemaThe Honorary Vicious Cats were received by the festival’s guests of honour, actor Robert Englund and director Jack…

The 21st edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) ended with a bang on Saturday night. For the first time in history, the symbolic threshold of 50,000 festivalgoers was reached (2021: 35,000), including 30,000 cinema tickets. Méliès d’argent Award – Feature Films @ Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival The competition is organized in…

Grossmann Fantastic Film & Wine Festival: Méliès d’argent short films competition 2022 Loop by Pablo Polledri Dispensary of Death by Simon O’Neill Rise & Shine by Arnaud Baur Seniors 3000 by Julien Deparis Sabbath by Alexandra Mignien The Moon of the Kurent: Ritual by Tomaž Gorkič The Sleep of the Dogs by Dídac Gimeno The…

Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival: July 1-9, 2022 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival: Méliès d’argent feature films competition 2022 FREAKS OUT – Gabriele Mainetti (IT)MEN – Alex Garland (UK)FAMILY DINNER – Peter Hengl (AT)VESPER – Kristina Buyotzé & Bruno Samper (LT/FR/BE)NOS CEREMONIES – Simon Rieth (FR)NR. 10 – Alex Van Warmerdam (NL/BE)L’ANNEE DU REQUIN –…

Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival: April 29th – May 1st, 2022 The Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) published the 2022 Méliès d’argent selection.HÕFF is an independent festival focusing of screening best films from the darker side of cinema from fantasy to horror, forgotten classics, filmmaker and country retrospectives, extreme films and celebrated guests…

HARD:LINE Film Festival Méliès d’argent short films competition 2021 Here is the list of short films chosen for the Short Film Competitive Section of the HARD:LINE Film Festival which can be candidates for the MÉLIÈS D’ARGENT Award 2022. La Penumbra by Dani Viqueira, España, 2020, 14 min Man Or Tree by Varun Raman, Tom Hancock,…